电子图书馆是对未来图书馆形态的一种预测,它的出现是以计算机技术、通讯技术和高密度存储技术进一步的发展为条件的,主要收藏电子出版物。这种出版物是利用大容量电子存储技术生成的,和印刷型出版物不同,它不用纸张为载体,体积很小,价格低廉,信息存取方便;读者只能通过计算机或终端来使用这些电子出版物,如通过显示屏幕来阅读一次文献、二次文献、三次文献和视频数据等;读者需要的文献和数据可以打印出来或存储在个人存储载体上,传统的手工借还方式已不复存在。由于电子出版物的上述特点,每个 Electronic library is a prediction of the future library form, its appearance is based on the further development of computer technology, communication technology and high-density storage technology as the conditions, the main collection of electronic publications. This publication is generated using high-capacity electronic storage technology, unlike printed publications, which uses no paper as a carrier, is small, inexpensive and has easy access to information; readers can only use these electronic devices through a computer or terminal Publications, such as through the display screen to read the literature, secondary literature, literature and video data three times; readers need the documents and data can be printed or stored on a personal storage carrier, the traditional way of manual borrowing no longer exists . Due to the above characteristics of electronic publications, each one